{"id":19631,"date":"2023-04-03T06:38:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T06:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=19631"},"modified":"2023-04-03T06:41:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T06:41:02","slug":"change-scrollbar-width-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/change-scrollbar-width-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Steps to Change the Scrollbar Width in Windows 11 or 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The vertical scroll bar in Windows 11 is very thin and how can I make the scroll bars wider? For touch screen users, you may want to make the scrollbar bigger so you can operate easier. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you how to change the scrollbar width in Windows 11 or 10, without using third-party software.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Change the Scrollbar Width in Windows 11 or 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-registry-editor-in-windows-10\/\">Open Registry Editor<\/a> and browse to the location: <code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Control Panel\\Desktop\\WindowMetrics<\/code>\u200b. Double-click the DWORD <strong>ScrollWidth<\/strong> in the right pane to modify its value data.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/WindowsMetrics.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"549\" height=\"257\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/WindowsMetrics.png 549w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/WindowsMetrics-300x140.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>The default value of <strong>ScrollWidth<\/strong> is -255 and it is based on this formula: -15 multiplied by the width you want in pixels, so you can figure out the default width of the scrollbar is 17 pixels. To make the scrollbar wider, I would like to change it to 20 pixels, so I enter -300 in the <strong>Value data<\/strong> field and click <strong>OK<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ScrollWidth.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ScrollWidth.png 380w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ScrollWidth-300x133.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> \tNote that the value of ScrollWidth should be between -120 and -1500. There is also a similar registry entry called <strong>ScrollHeight<\/strong>, which allows you to adjust the height of the scrollbar.<\/li>\n<li>Close Registry Editor. You need to log out of your user account and then log back in to see the changes.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/change-scrollbar-width-in-windows.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"549\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/change-scrollbar-width-in-windows.png 549w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/change-scrollbar-width-in-windows-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The vertical scroll bar in Windows 11 is very thin and how can I make the scroll bars wider? 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